Genealogy about and for my family lines which begin with a Carrow and a Faunt who met and married in a small town near the Delaware River.

Tuesday, January 19, 2010

Tombstone Tuesday - The Sweeneys from Ireland

James Sweeney and his wife Mary Jane Huey rest at St. Mary's RC Cemetery Salem NJ. Mary Jane was from County Tyrone daughter of James and Letitia who were farmers. James and Mary Jane were also farmers in the Quinton/Alloway area in Salem County NJ. They were among and early group of Catholics farming in South Jersey and James was a founding member perhaps of the Grange.

Their children moved into Gloucester County near Swedesboro and attended St.Joseph's.Their daughter Elizabeth married Patrick Kirwan also from Ireland. Lizzie dies young and tragically leaving young children and a newborn who lived one month.

Lizzie Sweeney Kirwans' daughter Sadie Kirwan Carrow raised and adopted as her own my father William Charles Carrow. Sadie was only 2 when her mother died and she was interred with her in Old St.Joseph's in Swedesboro.

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A South Jersey girl who somewhat recently retired to Northeast North Carolina after spending my whole life in a small town on the banks of the Delaware River.
My ancestors came here between 1643 and 1869 and did not move far from either the banks of the Delaware River or the Chesapeake Bay.